Adjustable table



(No Model.)

No. 608,094. I Patented July 26, I898. J. J. ANDERSON.

ADJUSTABLE TABLE.

(Application filed Dec. 8, 1896.)

with rates JOHN J ULIUS ANDERSON OF ELLENSBURG, VASHINGTON.

ADJUSTABLE'TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,094,d&lid My 26,1898.

Application filed December 8, 1896. Serial No. 614,900. (No model.)

To ttZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,J oHNJ LIUs ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ellensburg,in the county of Kittitas and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has reference to a novel con struction in a table, theobject being to provide a device of this character having a top piecethat can be tilted or raised to vary the inclination or height thereof.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a side elevation with the rear side of the top of the tableelevated. Fig. 2 is abottom plan view of the table. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view'of means for fastening the legs.

Referring now to said drawings, 1 indicates the table-top, and 2 therectangular frame upon which said top rests. The legs 3 are fastened atthe corners of the frame 2, and as a further and separate improvementthe means for fastening the legs are made in such a manner that thelatter can be readily re moved, so that the device can be reduced to asmall compass for transportation. This construction embraces a socket atthe corners of the frame comprising two angular fingers 4:, preferablyextending from an angular plate 5, fastened in the corners of the frame.I The fingers are arranged to receive the square u pper end portion ofthe leg. The leg is held in place by two bolts 6, arranged at rightangles and passing through the upper end portion of the leg in themannershown. Nuts or thumb-screws 7 engage the ends of these bolts and serveto hold the leg firmly in posi-j tion, while they can be readily removedfrom the frame when the table is to be shipped. The table-top 2 projectson all sides of the frame in the usual manner and is provided at one ofits overhanging edges with a drawer 8. The said top 1 is connected withthe frame by the connecting-pieces 9, that are pivoted to the frame,preferably at the forward end thereof and to the lower side of thetable-top about midway between its front and rear edges. In this way itwill be seen that the table-top can rise bodily or can be tilted uponthe front or rear edge of the frame 2. To control the movement of thetable-top 1 and to hold it in an adjusted position, I employ a lever 10,that is pivoted at one end to the end face of the table near its rearedge. This lever 10 extends forwardly and downwardly and is controlledby a clamp 11, carried by the frame 2. This lever passes through theclamp and is provided with a removable handle 12, which is convenientlyscrew-threaded thereon. Thesaid clamp consists of a stationary member 13and a movable member 14. The stationary member 13 is rigidly secured tothe frame 2 and is provided with end guides .15 to receive the ends ofthe movable member 1i and to guide the same. The movable member'li isfurther guided and is held in position by means of guide-pins 15,securely fastened to the stationary member 13 before passing through themovable member 14.. The said clamping or movable member 14 is normallyheld away from the stationary member by means of springs 17, situatedbetween these parts, while the said member 14: is moved toward thestationary member by means of the thumb-screw 18, that passes throughthe clamping member and engages the stationary member. Theoperating-lever 10 is situated between the clamping and stationarymembers in the manner shown. The clamping and stationary members areboth provided with a plurality of openings 19 to receive the thumb-screw18, so that the operating-lever can move to either end portion of theclamp in accordance with the different positions of the table top.

. The manner in which the table is adj usted-- that is to say, themanner in which it can be raised bodily and in a horizontal position ortilted upon the front or rear edge of the frameis controlled, of course,by the force applied to the lever, and the manipulation of said toppiece need not be specifically referred to herein. It is noted, however,that by loosening the thumb-screw and manipulating the operating-lever atabletop can be brought to any desired position within the limits of itsadjustments and secured by tightening the clamping member 14- upon theoperating-lever.

This table can be used for drafting or as a desk, either for pen ormachine Writing, and can be readily taken to pieces and placed in asmall case for shipment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a table, the combination with a frame and movable top piece, of aclamp mounted upon said frame and consisting of a stationary member anda spring-pressed movable member, means for moving said movable memberagainst the action of the spring, and an operating-lever pivoted to saidtop piece and situated between the members of said clamp.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN JULIUS ANDERSON. Witnesses:

J. H. RAMM,

J ENNESS EMERSON.

